Notes for MARION OLIVE RANDALL DUDICS:

Daughter of Jeremiah Horton and Ada Harriet (Davis) Randall, Sr.
Born: March 11, 1925 in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Died: November 18, 2008 in Montesano, Grays Harbor County, Washington.
Buried: Grove Cemetery, Mason County, Washington.
Residence: November 16, 1951 - Stepney, Fairfield, County, Connecticut.
Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Last Residence: Elma, Grays Harbor, Washington.
Married: Steven Dudics, Sr December 19, 1942 in Long Hill, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Obituary
Marion Olive Dudics died on Nov 18, 2008 at Montesano Health and Rehab in Montesano, WA. after battling congestive heart failure. She was born Mar 11, 1925 in Bridgeport, CT to Jeremiah Horton Randall and Ada (Davis) Randall. She was one of 12 siblings. She is preceded in death by her husband Steven Dudics (Pete), Sr. her son, Daniel Steven Dudics, and Grandson Andrew James Oien.

Surviving children are: Janet Hepworth of Shelton, Mardell (Mike) Hickson of Montana, Steven Dudics, Jr of Elma, Teresa (Jeff) Oien of Elma and Elizabeth Dudics of N Dakota. Grandchildren, Dixie, Dana, Jeff (Teri), from Janet, Joe (Karla), Dan (Melissa), & Diane (Willy) from Mardell, David, Rachel, George and Jessa from Steven, Andy, Angela (Cody), Matthew, & Timothy from Teresa and great grandchildren Carrissa, Cassie, Daniel, Jordan, Taryn, Nicolas, Hemi, Beau, Blake, Lynnsey, Cole, Ryan, Sam, Dominik, and McKenzie. Surviving siblings are Bernice Stevens, of Colorado, Harriet Buda of CT, Jeremiah Randall, of Florida and Edna Brush of Shelton, and several nieces and nephews.

Born and raised in CT, she married the love of her life, Steven Dudics, Sr in 1942 and was to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary before losing Steven (Pete) in Feb of 2007.

Marion and Pete moved to Washington during WWII and decided to make it their home and raise their children on the West Coast. While Pete was in the service they made their home in Port Townsend, WA; then moved to Bellevue, WA. Where they made their family home for many years. The next move was to Hansville, WA. Marion loved the water they loved to fish, clam and crab. They got a lot of use out of the boat that Pete had built in the garage at Bellevue. She moved to Matlock in 1969 to farm and make friends and watch the family grow. Marion and Pete had a house in N Dakota where they would spend their summers and fall, where they loved hunting and fishing and they leave behind family and friends there also.

Marion was well known for her great cooking and hospitality - you were always served coffee and fresh homemade goodies when you visited - if it was meal time there was always plenty to go around. Her hobbies included knitting; sewing, teaching Sunday school and family get togethers. She was very athletic as a young teen and enjoyed ice skating, playing baseball and bowling.

Marion loved to go to Westport just to watch the boats in the marina - to see the sea gulls swarm and watch the grand children & her grown children catch crabs or fish, dig clams or just play on the beach.

As the kids got a little older and more independent, Marion decided to go to Grays Harbor college and get her GED and take up nursing. She was a volunteer at the Aberdeen Hospital until she became sick and could no longer make the drive. She also worked at the Holland Home in Shelton as an aide for several years. In earlier years, when she first moved to Washington she was a telephone operator. She was also a cook and waitress.

She and Pete loved to hunt ducks and geese and loved their fishing - dad built a cabin cruiser in our garage in Bellevue, Wa and it got plenty of use over the years. They bought a little house in N. Dakota for summer fun and goose hunting season and would faithfully pack up every summer and stayed back there to hunt, fish and just relax. They had many friends in the little town of Wolford, They played cards, and had lots of dinners and 4th of July celebrations. Sometimes they would make a mini caravan trip with Earl and Dorothy Landis. When the trip got too much they started taking the train. Marion and Pete have many friends, from Hansville to N. Dakota to Matlock many friends have come and gone - both Marion and Pete were involved with the church, the grange and other community activities.

Steven Sr, known to all as "Pete" was a carpenter by trade and had a part in building the addition on the first Matlock store that he proudly nick-named the Matlock Mall, the Fire hall and the High school. Marion spent many days on the family farm helping build chicken coops, put on roofs, plow the garden, plant and can and help in hay season. She would have her own "Hunters Breakfast" (and lunch and dinner) during that time of year.

Marion was involved in ladies aid, making quilts for needy children and cook books for the community. She was also a Sunday school teacher. She had clubs for the girls and taught them how to bake and sew and knit, and had bible studies with them.